General Hydroponics
"General Hydroponics
General Hydroponics was established in 1970's by a group of
innovative scientists, engineers and technicians with a view to
take forward the revolutionary concept of Hydroponics. Today
General hydroponics is a leading name in the hydroponics field.
They have factories all over North America and Europe.
Hydroponic cultivation by NASA on the International Space
Station is done with assistance from General Hydroponics.
Hydroponics is an innovative technique for soil-less cultivation
of plants in nutrient rich solutions. Hydroponics has some
typical advantages over the conventional methods like the plants
are healthier and grow mature early. They require less space and
even if the gardener is out for a long time the plants don't
suffer. Hydroponics consume less space and water. General
Hydroponics products are used for hi-tech gardening, commercial
crop production and for agricultural experiments in laboratories
and Universities across the globe. The scientist and
nutritionists at General Hydroponics are currently developing
new hydroponic systems and perfecting nutrient formulas. These
techniques and nutrient formulae will enhance yield, flavor and
vitamin & mineral content in food crops. The Farm Division at
General Hydroponics is testing many varieties of plants for
growth rate, yield, flavor, nutrition, appearance, shelf life
and hydroponic viability. Various techniques for growing
top-quality crops of higher nutritional value are in
experimental stages. Three basic hydroponics techniques are used
by General Hydroponics. In the first one, called nutrient film
technique, roots of plants are suspended in nutrient mixture
containing trough. The second one called aeroponics includes
suspension of plants in mist and nutrients are supplied through
an air pump. The third technique is aggregate system. The roots
of plants are placed between inert materials like clay pebbles
or foam chips dipped in nutrient solution. Since hydroponics are
not grown in soil they rely on nutrient solution mixed in water
for their growth. Standard fertilizers are simply inadequate for
them. Thus specially formulated fertilizers like General
Hydroponics Nutrients are used for them. These are hydroponic
fertilizer mixtures used under pH buffer of pH range 5 to 6. The
nutrient mixture is changed every two weeks and during this time
only more water is added to the plant. This is so because if the
concentration of nutrient solution rises above a certain level
this might burn the plant roots. General Hydroponics Nutrients
are reliable, adaptable and pH buffered hydroponic nutrients.
NASA uses their Flora-Series for space flight experiments. "